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+ project: Rainbows + object built at Escuelab, Interactivos?09, in Lima, Peru! |
+ an interactive installation + magical rainbows + a trash can for unwanted pics |
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| a work by Kyd Campbell with Daniel Foster-Smith, Frank Cebreros, Edson Ticona, Antye Greie aka AGF + date of production: 2009 + dimensions: installation, 60cm/60cm floor, 170cm tall + interactive installation [+ artist mediation] |
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| summary | + Are there consequences to carefree dispersion of digital data? When you throw away a digital file, where does it go? Is this garbage piling up somewhere? Is it a threat?
THIS IS THE PROTOTYPE OF THE PROJECT, FUTURE VERSION WILL BE SOLAR POWERED AND FULLY MOBILE |
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| technologies + materials | + wood, manual water pump, micro-aspersion valves, Arduino microcontroller, Python scripts, various electronic components, incandescent lights, optical prisms, mirrors, metal crank system, plastic hoses, linux computer, usb interface, paint, watersafe container, computer fans, computer speaker
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| project description |
+ Rainbows consists of an interactive system that allows
anonymous contributors in public space to safely dispose of their unwanted
digital images and contribute to the occurrence of real rainbows.
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| artists statement | + The
New Japanese Paparazzi is an open collective of people who are
concerned about the growing masses of digital data, especially the enormous
amount of digital photos which are thrown away daily. The group studies
deeply into the relationship between the human and the digital camera and
seeks to find solutions to the rising threat of the inundation of the world
under an ocean of digital images. The fundamental question that the NJP asks is : When you throw away a digital file, where does it go? Is this garbage piling up somewhere? Is it a threat? The NJP has decided that digital photos must not be disposed of carelessly as they retain valuable and heavy properties such as : memories, sentimentality and visual appeal. Observing the large quantities of them the NJP has discerned that they must mean something important to society and that they must be put to use for the bettering of the world. The intervention Rainbows is a practical action to metamorphosize our digital garbage. |
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| collaborators | + Kyd
Campbell- project author, concept, research, object + interface design,
water system, lighting, optics consultants: Patrick Valiquet, Roc Jiménez de Cisneros, Marius Schebella
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| documentation | (video of prototype, during Interactivos? exhibition in Star Gallery, Lima, Peru, May, 2009) 1. send images through USB to the system + photos of process and completed object [picasa album]
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| press + exhibitions | + report
on TVPeru's Presencia Cultural (in spanish) .mp4
[11.3MB] + exhibition : Star Gallery, Lima Peru, 28 April - 13 May, 2009
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| previous related works | |||
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+ ct_bt_graffiti/transient public action .06/07 .interactive work that rebuilds lost public space and provides a platform for memory and networking. in collaboration with petko dourmana + interspace media art |
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+ the farm/montreal 09.04 - 09.05 .publicly managed sound environment bringing the country to the city. a solar powered outdoor audio installation. in collaboration with steve helsing |
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bios |
Kyd
Campbell [frontierlab.org] works, sometimes as a collaborator,
sometimes as a project manager, on artistic and curatorial projects focused
on the themes of circulation, noise, public inter/action and emotional
aspects of human-machine relationships. She is from Montreal, Canada and
has moved around constantly since a young age. She is current based in
central Europe. She welcomes all forms of collaboration and information
exchange. She dreamed up the RAINBOWS project a long time ago and needed
magical collaborations in order to realize it. CONTACT
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